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Broadway Theaters - by size - with their most famous productions The terms "Broadway," "Off-Broadway," and "Off-Off-Broadway" came about because of union payment schedules. The bigger the theater, the bigger the hourly pay, because there's more to do. Broadway - 500 seats and up (to the largest, with 1935 seats) Off-Broadway - 100-499 seats Off-Off-Broadway - Up to 99 seats There are usually about 41 Broadway Theaters in any given year. They are located in and around Times Square or Lincoln Center. Here they are in order of size and the famous musicals or plays they are known for hosting. In general musicals play in the larger theaters. The St. James Theater, 246 West 44th St 
Map of Broadway Theaters (click on map to enlarge it) 
Broadway Theaters (by number of seats, year built, longest running show, trivia) Primary sources: playbill.com and WIkipedia entries. 1,933 - Gershwin Theater - 222 West 51st St. (1972) Show Boat (originally the "Uris Theater"; contains The American Theater Hall of Fame available to ticket holders) 1,930 - Lyric Theater - 213 West 42nd St. (1998) 42nd Street (originally the "Ford Center for Performing Arts") 1,801 - New Amsterdam Theater - 214 West 42nd St. (1903) The Lion King (1st Disney lease on 42nd St.) 1,761 - Broadway Theater - 1681 Broadway (at 53rd) (1924) Miss Saigon (Originally a movie theater) 1,743 - Palace Theater - 1554 Broadway (at 46th) (1913) Beauty and the Beast (to "Play the Palace" meant "hit the pinnacle of show biz success") 1,710 - St. James Theater - 246 West 44th St. (1927) Hello Dolly! (originally "Ehrlinger's Theater") 1,710 - Minskoff Theater - 200 West 45th St. (1973) Sunset Boulevard (located inside One Astor Plaza, an office tower that replaced the Astor Hotel in 1972) 1,615 - Marquis Theater - 1535 Broadway (at 45th) (1886) Me and My Girl (located in the Marriott Hotel) 1,609 - Majestic Theater - 247 West 44th St. (1927) The Phantom of the Opera (Phantom is the longest running Broadway show in history) 1,509 - Lunt-Fontanne Theater - 205 West 46th St. (1910) Ziegfield Follies of 1918 (named for married actors Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne) 1,498 - Winter Garden Theater - 1634 Broadway (at 51st) (1911) Cats (Cats played for 18 years; the theater was originally built in 1896 to hold horses for auction) 1,468 - Shubert Theater - 225 West 44th St. (1913) The Third Party (A Chorus Line played here from 1975 to 1990) 1,437 - Al Hirshfeld Theater - 302 West 45th St. (1924) Man of La Mancha (the name changed from the Martin Beck Theater in 2003 to honor Hirshfeld, the famed Broadway caricaturist) 1,435 - Imperial Theater - 249 West 45th St. (1923) Les Miserables ("Les Miz" ran here for 16 years) 1,428 - Neil Simon Theater - 250 West 52nd St. (1927) Wings Over Europe (renamed from the Alvin Theater in 1983) 1,380 - Richard Rodgers Theater - 226 West 46th St. (1925) L'illusioniste (holds record of theater with the most Tony-winning best plays and best musicals with 11 awards) 1,232 - Nederlander Theater - 208 West 41st St. (1921) Mei Lanfang (Mei Lanfang was a 1930's Chinese opera legend) 1,222 - August Wilson Theater - 245 West 52nd St. (1925) Jersey Boys (was The Virginia Theater from 1981 to 2005) 1,218 - Broadhurst Theater - 235 West 44th St. (1917) Amadeus (Jerry Seinfeld's 2015 HBO special was filmed here) 1,120 - Ambassador Theater - 219 West 49th St. (1921) Chicago (revival) (from 1930's to 1950's was the Dumont TV Studio) 1,109 - Brooks Atkinson Theater - 256 West 47th St. (1926) Same Time, Next Year (originally the Mansfield Theater until 1960) 1,108 - Eugene O'Neill Theater - 230 West 49th St. (1925) Tobacco Road (originally the Forrest, then Coronet Theater) 1,105 - Vivian Beaumont Theater - 150 West 65th St. (1965) Contact (Located in Lincoln Center) 1,102 - Cort Theater - 138 West 48th St. (1912) The Inner Man (The Merv Griffin Show shot here 1969-1972) 1,101 - Bernard B. Jacobs Theater - 242 West 45th St. (1927) Grease (hosted the musical "Once" in 2012) 1,096 - Ethel Barrymore Theater - 243 West 47th St. (1928) I Love My Wife (the theater has had the same name since its opening) 1,095 - Longacre Theater - 220 West 48th St. (1913) Maria Rosa (to raise money for his theater ventures, the owner sold Babe Ruth from the Red Sox to the Yankees; named for Longacre Square, the original name of Times Square) 1,093 - Gerald Schoenfeld Theater - 236 West 45th St. (1917) Jeckll & Hyde (originally named the Plymouth Theater) 1,055 - Stephen Sondheim Theater - 124 West 43rd St. (1918) Urinetown: The Musical (originally Henry Miller's Theater with 950 seats; was the Xenon disco in the late 70's: everything but the front facade was completely rebuilt in 2004 during construction of the neighboring Bank of America tower) 1,040 - Belasco Theater - 111 West 44th St. (1907) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Marlon Brando's first big success was in a 1946 play here) 1,025 - Music Box Theater - 239 West 45th St. (1921) Deathtrap (designed to accommodate Irving Berlin's "Music Box Revues") 970 - Hudson Theater - 139-141 West 44th St. (1903) State of the Union (was the Savoy nightclub in the 1980's) 947 - Walter Kerr Theater - 219 West 48th St. (1921) Proof (it was a TV studio from 1943-1965; renamed for the celebrated theater critic in 1990) 943 - Lyceum Theater - 149 West 45th St. (1903) Born Yesterday (one of the three oldest surviving theaters: others are the Hudson and the New Amsterdam, both also from 1903) 922 - Studio 54 Theater - 254 West 54th St. (1927) Cabaret (built as an opera house; was the famed "Studio 54" disco from 1977 to 1991) 806 - Booth Theater - 222 West 45th St. (1913) Prunella (named for the famous actor Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth) 805 - John Golden Theater - 252 West 45th St. (1927) Avenue Q (the exterior was used in the movie All About Eve) 776 - Circle in the Square Theater - 235 West 50th Street (1972) 20th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (seats surround the stage) 740 - American Airlines Theater - 227 West 42nd St. (1918) The Royal Family (from the 1930's to 2000 it was a 42nd St. movie theater; the modern entrance masks an old historic theater) 650 - Samuel J. Friedman Theater - 261 West 47th St. (1925) Hair (vacant in the 80's-90's; restored in early 2000's) 597 - Helen Hayes Theater - 240 West 44th St. (1912) Gemini (originally called "The Little Theater" as it had only 299 seats; expanded but still the smallest Broadway theater; TV's American Bandstand was shot here in 1958-1960 as The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show New York City Concert Halls Carnegie Hall 
New York City Concert Halls (by number of seats) 20,789 Madison Square Garden (4 Penn Plaza: 32nd St. and 7th Avenue) 18,103 Barclays Center (620 Atlantic Avenue, Fort Green/Prospect Heights, Brooklyn) 6,015 - Radio City Music Hall (1260 6th Ave at West 50th St.) 5,500 - The Theater at Madison Square Garden (4 Penn Plaza: 32nd St. and 7th Avenue) 3,794 - Metropolitan Opera House (30 Lincoln Center Plaza at 63rd St.) 3,676 - Kings Theater (1027 Flatbush Ave, Flatbush, Brooklyn) 3,293 - United Palace Theater (4140 Broadway at 175th St., Washington Heights) 3,000 - Terminal 5 (610 West 56th St., west of 11th Ave) 2,983 - BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) (30 Lafayette Ave., Fort Green, Brooklyn) 2,894 - Beacon Theater (2121 Broadway at 74th St.) 2,876 - St. George Theater (35 Hyatt St., St. George, Staten Island) 2,804 - Carnegie Hall (881 7th Ave. at 57th St.) 2,750 - New York City Center(131 West 55th St. b/t 6th and 7th Aves.) 2,738 - David Geffin Hall (10 Lincoln Center Plaza at 64th St.) (formerly Philharmonic Hall (1962-1973), then Avery Fisher Hall (1973-2015) 2,563 - David Koch Theater (20 Lincoln Center Plaza at 62nd St.)(formerly the New York State Theater) 2,200 - Hammerstein Ballroom (in the Manhattan Center) (311 West 34th St. b/t 8th and 9th Aves.) 2,100 - PlayStation Theater (1515 Broadway at 44th St.) 1,900 - The Riverside Church (Nave) (490 Riverside Drive at 120th St.) 1,506 - Apollo Theater (253 West 125th St.) 1,500 - St. Ann's Warehouse (45 Water St., Dumbo, Brooklyn) 1,495 - The Town Hall (123 West 43rd St. b/t 6th and 7th Aves.) 1,233 - Rose Theater (Jazz at Lincoln Center) (10 Columbus Circle at West 60th St.) 1,200 - Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 West 65th St. at Lincoln Center) 1,087 - Alice Tully Hall (1941 Broadway at Lincoln Center) 1,025 - Irving Plaza (17 Irving Place at East 15th St.) 850 - Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (NYU) (566 LaGuardia Place at West 4th St.) 550 - B. B. Kings Blues Club (237 West 42nd St. b/t 7th and 8th Aves.) 499 - The Gramercy Theater (127 East 23rd St. at Lexington Ave.) 472 - Joyce Theater (175 8th Ave. at West 19th St.) 449 - Merkin Concert Hall (129 West 67th St. b/t Amsterdam and Broadway) 400 - Ed Sullivan Theater (1697 Broadway b/t 53rd and 54th Sts.) 
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